A new genus of macroscelidea (mammalia) from the eocene of algeria: A possible origin for elephant-shrews

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 535-546

  Tabuce, Rodolphe ^a   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a   Coiffait, Brigitte ^b   Coiffait, Philippe Emmanuel ^b   Mahboubi, Mohamed ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

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EID: 0035934452     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0535:ANGOMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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